[Astoria’s POV]I should have been relieved to have left the estate, to come back to the hubbub of city life, away from a world that now seemed fictional.On the surface, nothing was different. The traffic still roared like an endless beast, people still rushed past without looking at one another, and the air still carried that familiar heaviness of smoke, oil, and dreariness.Yet as I stood at the curb with my suitcase, waiting for the signal to turn green, I felt as if I did not belong to this part of society anymore.My gaze swept across the road, the dingy shops, the quaint cafes, and the tall buildings, which somehow made me feel suffocated. After being used to the openness and the vastness of the Blackstone estate, this felt—“Get a grip,” I muttered under my breath, not completing the thought.Gripping the handle of my suitcase tighter, I reminded myself silently. “This is your life. This is what you know.”And yet the reminder sounded flimsy to my ears.~~~~For the first few
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